Episode 304: Flock

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Thank you for tuning in to Episode 304 of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast. Full show notes with photos can be found on my website. This week’s segments included:

  • Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
  • On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
  • From the Armchair
  • Knitting in Passing
  • In my Travels
  • KAL News
  • Events
  • Life in Focus
  • On a Happy Note
  • Quote of the Week

Thank you to this episode’s sponsors: Stitched by Jessalu & Love in Stitches

Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins

The Muses Socks

  • Yarn: Woolens & Nosh SW Targhee Sock in the colorway The Muses
  • Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
  • Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • About the Colorway- 3 stripes in pink, green and purple. In between each color, there are thin stripes of white, gray, white. Cuff, heel & toe all knit in gray contrast mini
  • Total for Stash Dash- 263.2 meters

On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins

Same as it Ever Was Hat

  • Yarn: fingering weight yarn from stash (no ball band); maybe MCN base
  • Needles: US 2
  • Pattern: Same as it Ever Was by Sarah Jordan $6 knitting pattern available on Ravelry
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • About the yarn: all different shades of gray with blips of a mustardy/rust and turquoise

Traveler Sweater

  • Pattern: The Traveler by Andrea Mowry ($9 pattern available on Ravelry & the designer’s website)
  • Yarn: Hazel Knits Small Batch Sport (90/10 SW/Nylon)
  • Needles: US 3 (3.25 mm) & US 4 (3.5 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • Progress: I’m in a few inches into the body

Tie Dye Day Socks

  • Yarn: Legacy Fiber Artz Steel Toes base in the Tie Dye Day Colorway
  • Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
  • Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • Progress: on the heel of sock #2

716 Splash Pad Socks

  • Yarn: 716 Knit Sock Set  in the 716sock base in the colorway: It needs to be ok with getting on a boat with Levar Burton and never coming back.
  • Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
  • Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • About the yarn: stripe of black, stripe of bright poolside colors (orange, yellow, peach, greens & aquas .
  • Jenna of 716 also sent me the mini skein set which is part of her SPP Exclusives.
  • Progress: on the heel of sock #2

Four Leaf Clover Granny Square Blanket

  • Pattern: Four Leaf Clover Granny Square by Apinya Roszko
  • Hook: H (5.0 mm)
  • Yarn: Knit Picks Brava 500 in colorway Mint & Loops and Threads Impeccable in Colorway 01808
  • Center square (in darker green)- 4g. Three rounds on outside of clover (in mint)- 12g
  • Size:  6 inch square.
  • Planning 5×7 blanket (30×42”) before border.
  • Modification- the pattern calls for attaching new yarn (at the end of the square) to make the stem for the clover. I just chain to get to the center, make the stem and cut the yarn. I find it easy to crochet the granny square around it in Mint. No issues and one less end to weave in.
  • I am joining squares as I go. I used this YouTube tutorial to remind me how to do this.
  • Progress: Nearly done with 6 of 7 rows. 6 squares left. Should be finished Labor Day weekend.

From the Armchair

  • stitchintime82-Dani recommended: Gmorning, gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me and You by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Amazon Affiliate Link.

I finished:

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Knitting in Passing

  • I shared stories about 2 ready to wear items we saw in Seattle, a crochet dress & a granny square style tank.
  • I visited 8 local yarn stores to creat Social Media videos for Cape & South Shore Yarn haul which you’ll see on my Instagram feed soon.

In My Travels

Tune in to hear a bit about Flock Fiber Festival. Check out my Vlog video for much more. In this segment, I focus more on the part of the trip with my friend, Laura.

KAL News

This Episode

Events

Life in Focus

Tune in for an update on my 25 in 2025 list.

On a Happy Note

  • I hit 200 workouts at my gym this summer
  • Dinner at Yvonne’s before seeing The Wiz
  • Drinks with Dan’s cousins
  • Quality time with Laura in Seattle
  • I managed NOT to contract Covid
  • Celebrating my grandmother’s 91st birthday. I watercolored a birthday card for her.
  • Cool mornings and evenings. I wore wool socks during the day last week and it was kind of fun!
  • Back to school photos on Facebook! Thanks to everyone who shares them (or texts me with them).
  • I bought these huge denim with painted flower overalls in Seattle and I love them SO MUCH.
  • Whatsapp texts from my friend Marta in Barcelona.

Quote of the Week

“I can tell he lost someone close somehow. You can feel that in people, an openness, or maybe it’s an opening that you’re talking into. With other people, people who haven’t been through something like that, you feel the solid wall. Your words go scattershot off of it.”

― Lily King, Writers & Lovers

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